The Osceola times., 1887-10-15
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

PERSONAL. AND POLITICAL.
A RECENT dispatch from Cooktowr
Australia, says that the German gunboa
Adler, conveying King Malietoa, ha
arrived there and transferred the kin
aboard the Albatross, which sailed, n
supposed, for German New Guinea.
ON the 6th sx-Governor w. b. Wash
burne died puddsnly at Springfield, Mass
SEqDHfARr bArAhD has received not
!. from ~ Chilian Minister to ths.. effec
I that Mn. Fitzpatrick embarked at Vaips
uoiso = ~ 10th ult. for New York on
1119s1 carrying the remains OF Genera
J01nln Kilpstrick. late United State
M1~11)w - Chill, destined for intermen
~ Nsw Jsgsey. 49,
CARDINAL GIssoxs' red hat has arrived
from Rome. I --.-
CoxoREssxAx JoHv j. O'NEILI, Of Mis-,
s1un, has returned from Europe.
tIlE presidential party arrived at NIL.
Naukes ON tho 9Th, and were given q
Grand reception.
ALARM is again felt at the unfavorabls
turn In ths health of the Grown Prince Of
Germany.
Loan MAYOR SuLLIvAN's case In the
Queen's Court, at Dublin, on the 9Th, was
dismissed. VIM. O'Br,on's trial was set
for the 7th. slst,. a.rtassN M a,
T.v. PowDFRLY made strung address
before the General Assembly Of the
. Knights Of Labor at Minneapolis on the
9th. 5 aa 10 Ii'
RuMoR has it at Washington that Judge
Manning, United States Minister to Mex
icsyhas resigned. e-- Far IA d
SITTING BULL Is said 20 be responsible
for the present trouble among the Crow
Indians, having shown them the contrast
between their condition and that OF the
Sioux
EBESEzER SHERMAN, one OF the pioneer
residents of Davenport, Ia, died at his
home In that city on the 9Th, Of cancer Of
the stomach. He was scventy-four years
of age, and possessed considerable valua-
BILE city real estate.
= Ar Albany, N. Y, on the 9Th, Justice
Ruger, granted another stay in the case
Of Jacob Sharpe.
TED SULLIVAN, the base- ball manager,
Is in Minneapolis, Mimi, with the intea-
tion Of negotiating for the purchase Of the
Minneapolis ball club. He is backed by u
wealthy syndicate.
AT Balmoral, on the 9th, the Prince Of
Wales unvailed Boehm's statue of the
Queen, presented by the district tenantry.
: Tbe Queen expressed thanks for the loyal
and kind address presented to her.
GKNERAL'FERRoS, Minister Of War, has
gone to the eastern frontier of France TO
make tour Of inspection. An intrenched
camp 10 to be formed at Nice, aud the gar
risons at Toulon and Nancy are to be re.
inforced. q q
AMONG the passengers from Liverpool
by the steamer City Of Rome, which ar
rived in New York on the 9th, were Com.
modore Foote and Miss Nestle, Governor
Aarmaduks of Missouri, Hon. II. Jerming-
ham, NJ. Lord, j. I. Browne, and Mime.
Pyk-Newsom, tho Swedish prima donna.
To EACH Of the sovereigns who sent
jubilee gifts the Pope will present spe-
cially painted miniature OF himself Tho
Pope is especially pleased with Queen
victoria's gift, and his acknowledgment
will be exceptionally cordial.
THE mother of Thomas Hughes, of En-
gland, the author of TON Brown at
Rugby" died at Rugby, Tenn, on the 9th.
Her son Thomas returned to England re-
Gently after visit to his aged mother.
THB President and party stopped over
Sunday at Madison, Wis, with Postmas-
ter-(}eneral Villas.
On the 7th Colonel c. W. Coombs, Of
Moniteau County, Mo-, celebrated his sill
yer wedding at Washington, ID. C.
TIE acquittal OF Lord Mayor Sullivan
OF Dublin Ia regarded at London as vrtu-
ally death blow to the Tory govern
ment's policy Of coercianin Ireland
GEO. WINnILL, Esq, engineer of the
Northwestern State railway OF India is
visiting this country studying the railway
methods.
QUITE sensation has been caused in
the European capitals at a speech made
by the Russian Grand Duke Nicholas, in
which he declared his readiness TO draw
his sword and fight as n French soldier
against Germany.
u. MAuDEr, the French Consul at Lauri-
um, Greece, has been dismissed on account
OF attentions paid by him to an Orleans
princess, while the latter was making a
tour of the country,
The Rochester (England) Tories having
decided to retain Colonel Hughes Hallett
in his seat in Parliament the Liberals are
delighted, and they will seize the opportu-
nifty thus afforded to attack the Conserva.
tive party ON high ground.
On the 9Th Count Won Munster, German
Ambassador at Paris, called upon NJ
Flourens, Foreign Minister, and handed
him Sl2,500 on behalf OF the German
Government, to indemnity the family OF
Brignon, who was shot by Kaufman at
Raon-Su Plaine.
MINISTER HUBBARD, in his report to the
Department of State, wherein he gives in.
formation relative to the trade of japan
for 1873, intimates that America is dis
criminated against in the awarding OF
government contracts for public works.
On the 7th the acting Secretary OF the
Navy received dispatch from Rear Ad-
miral Chandler, commanding the Asiatic
squadron, dated Nagasaki, Japan, Sep
tember !, in which he says he will send
ship immediately to Nonage island OF the
Caroline group to investigate the native
massacre OF Spaniards and protect Ameri-
can interests and missionaries in India.
Ex-SEcRErARy MASNING's bank in New
York has been made Government depos-
itory.
SECRETARY FAIRcHiLp had purchased
up to the close Of business on the sth,
bonds 10 the amount OF s II ,3S6, $50, under
the recent call.
As an instance OF the flecting nature of
fame in France, II may be stated that
General Boulanger's name is now scracoly
heard is Paris, where few monthe ago
he was the idol.
CARDINAL GIBBONS has ordered a col.
lection taken up In all Catholic churches
throughout the country to raise a fund
With which to purchase a present for the
Pope.
TEE President went fishing in Lake
Mendoza, near Madison, Wis, on the sth,
and bad his usual luck with the black
boss.
The funeral OF Ex-Governor Washburne
a. ~. IL l..ll